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<p n="120">The General Prices this <rs type="date" id="LMSLPS15036_date33">9th. day of April Anno Dui 1725</rs>
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<lb></lb>
and For some time past of the several sorts of Midling English<lb></lb>
Corn and Grain hereunder menconed each Quarter to contain<lb></lb>
Eight Bushells and each Bushell to contain Eight Gallows &<lb></lb>
no more as they are sold in the Markets in and near the City<lb></lb>
of London as followeth. Vizt.</p>
<p n="121">£ s d</p>
<p n="122">Very good English Midling Wheat the Quarter<lb></lb>
is Thirty Shillings}<lb></lb>
1:10:=</p>
<p n="123">The like Sort of English Rye the Quarter is<lb></lb>
Two & Twenty Shillings}<lb></lb>
1:2:=</p>
<p n="124">The better sort of Barly the Quarter is<lb></lb>
Nineteen Shillings}<lb></lb>
=:19:=</p>
<p n="125">The midling sort of good English Oats the<lb></lb>
Quarter is Twelve Shillings}<lb></lb>
=:12:=</p>
<p n="126">The midling Sort of Horse Beans the Quarter<lb></lb>
is Two and Twenty Shillings}<lb></lb>
1:2:=</p>
<p n="127">The best Sort of Boiling Peas the<lb></lb>
Quarter is<del>Twenty & Six Shillings</del>
}<lb></lb>
1:6:=</p>
<p n="128">Wee <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15036_n128-1">Humphry Parsons</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15036_geo54">Rygate</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15036_geo55">County of Surry</rs>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15036_occ44">Esqr</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15036_n128-2">Godfrey Harris</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15036_geo56">London</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15036_occ45">Yeoman</rs>
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<p n="129">Being persons Qualifyed according to the Direction of the late<lb></lb>
Act of Parliament Entituled An Additional Act for improvement<lb></lb>
of Tillage do certifie according to the best of our Knowledge and<lb></lb>
Informacon having been lately in the Corn Markets in and<lb></lb>
near the City of London that the abovesaid prices are the Comon<lb></lb>
market prices of the several Sorts of Midling English Corne<lb></lb>
of the respective sorts as they are bought & Sold Witness our<lb></lb>
hands the Day & Year above menconed.</p>
<p n="130">Jur in Cur & me die Aprilis<lb></lb>
Anno Dui 1725.</p>
<p n="131">Hum. Parsons<lb></lb>
Godf: Harries</p>
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